Safety razor



FELDMAN SAFETY RAZOR Filed March 15, 1945 IN VENTOR.

Patented Aug. 6, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT 7 OFFICE SAFETY RAZOR v Max Feldman, Miami Beach, Fla.

Application March 15, 1945, Serial No. 582,856

The object of the present invention is. to provide a safety razor of the nature of that shown in U. S. Patent #2,366,445 issued to me on the 2d of January, 1945, and the blade carrying. head of the present invention is in substance the same as that of the aforesaid patent.

The features which have been added in the present construction will b best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device of. the invention;

Fig. 2 is an underside plan view, enlarged;

Fig. 3 is a plan view; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical section upon line a d of Fig, 3, and

Fig. 5 is a face view of a conventional type of blade adapted. to be firmly held in the novelholder shown in the remaining figures. I

Like the patent aforesaid, the device of th present invention is made of a single piece of wire which is preferably tempered and of a non-corrosive nature, such as stainless steel. However, I do not limit myself to the nature of the material employed, since I may utilizeany kind of wire and plate it with gold, silver, nickel, chromium or any other suitable metal, or I may employ suitable plastics, it being common in the manufacture of various articles such as eyeglasses to embed re inforcing wires in plastics.

Like the structure of my aforesaid patent, the

device of the present invention comprisesa transverse guard bar 5 provided at each end with upstanding or vertical runs 5. Forwardly extending runs 1 leading from the topsof the vertical runs 6 are connected by bowed portions 8 with th runs 9 constituting the forward portions of handles 9 The runs 9 are notched at H] upon their inner faces and said runs engage in the notches ll of a conventional safety razor blade l2, just as the corresponding parts did in my Patent #2,366,445. I

An important point of difference between my aforesaid patent and the device of the present invention is that the handles 9 are free at their rear ends and have inwardly directed bends l3 which engage with each other to constitute opposed fulcrums when the rear ends of the handles are pressed together. In order to hold the blade l2 snugly andfirmly in place the wire of which the device is formed is relatively stout so that when the blade is engaged between the runs 9 with the base of the notches l l engaged with the base of the recesses ll] of the runs, the fit is quite a snug one and the blade is firmly engaged and held. By leaving the handles 9a free at their 8 Claims. (Cl. 30- 51) b may be removedor not, as the user chooses.

rear ends and providing the con-fronting fulcrums l3, which are disposedmuch nearer bar 5 than they are to the rear ends of the handles, movement of the handles toward each other results in a slightv outwardmovement of the runs 9 to relieve the pressure upon the blade l2 and to render it possible to readily disengage the blade. As a matter of fact, I find that it is possible to secure such outward movement of the runs 9 that the blade may be shaken free of its holder, so that it is not necessary for th user to touch the blade at all after the shaving operation, unless, he wishes to do so. This is a boon to those people who dislike the task of drying a blade and putting it away. Many people use a blade only once. This is especially true of persons having heavy and stubborn beards. Such persons prefer to use a fresh blade at each shaving operation. Most people find the task of taking a safety razor apart and cleaning it more'burdensome than the shaving operation itself. The device of the present application is of such a nature that it may be completely cleaned by merely holding it under the hot water faucet for a moment. The blade It will be observed that there are no threaded parts to be unscrewed or no guide lugs or orifices in which soap or hair can collect.

As in my patent aforesaid; I utilize the vertical runs 6 not only as the connecting means between guard bar 5 and the runs 1, but as guards for the ends of the razor blade [2. In the present construction I slightly flatten or recess the outer faces of the points of juncture between guard bar 5 and vertical run 8, at I4, and I dispose the recesses 1-0 at such a rearwardinclination that the lower points of the blade l2 are caused to bear in said recesses 14, while the ends of said blade l2 lie close to the vertical run 6 and in guarded relation thereto. I may secure the desired clearance between the cutting edge of the blade and the guard bar'5 either by flattening the forward face of the guard bar as in'my' aforesaid patent or: by slightly bending the guard bar at I5, so that throughout the major portion of its length it lies in slightly spaced relation to the cutting edge of the blade. The blade l2 may be of the type having a single cutting edge 12 and a fixed back I2 or the part l2 may be made removable to leave another cutting edge, in which case, part 2 will serve merely as a guard for the cutting edge not in use. I preferably make the rear or inner sides of the notches l0 slightly deeper than the outer sides thereof, so that when the blade is slipped into place it Will not ride past the 3 notches l but, upon the contrary, said deeper inner sides of the notches in will act as stops to prevent the blade from moving too far inwardly along the runs 9. It will be understood that the distance between the runs 9 is such with respect to the length of the blade that the blade snaps firmly into place between said runs, with the notched portions ll of the blade engaged with the notched portions H] of the runs 9 It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth but that it ineludes within its purview whatever changes fairly 7 come within either the terms or the spirit of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim i a transversely extending guard bar, upstanding extensions at the ends of said bar, runs extend-' ing forwardly from the upper ends of said vertical extensions, and rearwardly extending runs leading from the ends of the first named runs and being continuous with handles, fulcrum means associated with said handles through which movement of the rear ends of said handles toward each other acts to move the last named runs slightly away from each other, and means upon the inner faces of the last named runs for engaging the end portions of a razor blade to hold said razor blade in operative position to said guard bar. V v

2. A device of the character described, comprising atransversely extending guard bar terminating at its opposite ends in vertical extensions, runs extending forwardly from the upper ends of said extensions, rearwardly extending handle portions connected to the forward ends of said runs by bowed portions, the rear ends of said handles being free, interengaging fulcrum portions upon said handles adapted to engage each other so thatwhen the rear ends of the handles are pressed together the forward portions of the handles will tend to move away from each other, the forward portions of the handles being dimensioned to engage in the notched ends of a razor blade and being provided upon their confronting faces with notches positioned to hold said razor blade in operative relation to the guard bar.

3. A structure as recited in claim 2, wherein said notches are disposed at such an angle as to direct the lower edge of said razor blade toward the guard bar.

4. A structure as recited in claim 2, wherein the notches of the handles are. disposed at such an angle as to direct the lower portion of the blade toward the guard bar, there being depressed surfaces at the juncture of said vertical extensions and the guard bar within which the lower corners of the blade are received.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a. transversely extending guard bar terminating at its opposite ends in vertical extensions, runs extending forwardly from the upper ends of said extensions, rearwardly extending l. A holder for safety razor blades comprising handle portions connected to the forward ends of said runs by bowed portions, the rear ends of said handles being free, interengaging fulcrum portions upon said handles adapted to engage each other so that when the rear ends of the handles are pressed together the forward portions of the handles will tend to move away from each other, the forward portions of the handles being dimensioned to engage in the notched ends of a razor blade and being provided upon their confronting faces with notches positioned to hold said razor blade in operative relation to the guard bar, said notches being disposed at such an angle as to direct the lower portion of the blade toward the guard bar, there being depressed surfaces at the juncture of said vertical extensions and the guard bar within which the lower corners of the blade are received, said guard barbeing bent slightly away from the blade throughout the major portion of the distance between such points of depression.

6. A razor blade holder adapted to engage and hold razor blades of the type having notched ends, said holder being made of a single and continuous piece of stout and resilient wire bent to form a transversely extending guard bar, vertical extensions at the opposite ends of the guard bar, forwardly extending runs leading from the extremities of said extensions, a pair of rearwardly extending handles connected by bowed portions to the forward ends of said runs, the rear ends of said handles being free to permit of their movement toward and from each other, said handles being provided at a point materially nearer the guard bar than the rear ends of said handles with portions bent toward each other to constitute confronting and abutting fulcrums so that when the rear ends of the handles are moved toward each other, the movement of the forward ends of the handles is away from each other to a degree to relieve the held blade of the frictional engagement therewith of the forward portions of the handles.

7. A structure as recited in claim 6 wherein the inner faces of said forward portions of the handles are provided with recesses thereacross, disposed at such an angle as to direct the lower edge of a held blade toward the guard bar and to hold the lower cornersof said blade into engagement with the lower portions of said vertical extensions.

8. A razor blade holder of the character described formed of a single piece of rod-like, resilient material bent to form a blade receiving head and a pair of handles, the extremities of the handles being connected by bowed portions to the blade receiving head, fulcrum forming portions upon the handles disposed at such point that when the rear ends of the handles are pressed together the forward portions of the handles are caused to move slightly away from each other and means for holding a razor blade of the notched end variety frictionally in said head.

MAX FELDMAN. 

